Benfica won the Portuguese League Cup. In the final of the tournament, the “eagles” defeated “Sporting”: the main time of the match ended with the score 1:1, and in the penalty shootout the team of Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin triumphed – 7:6. The fight took place on a neutral field in Leiria. Benfica opened the scoring in the 29th minute through Andreas Schjelderup. The Lions came back before the break - Victor Dekeres converted a penalty in the 43rd minute. In the second half of the match the score on the scoreboard did not change.

Consequently, the fate of the trophy was determined in a penalty shootout. Benfica converted all seven of their shots from the penalty spot, while Sporting made one miss - Trubin saved the last shot from Trincau. Review of the match "

Benfica won the Portuguese League Cup for the eighth time – an absolute record.. Sporting has four trophies left. This is Trubin's first trophy for Benfica.. Anatoly joined the Portuguese club in the summer of 2023 from Shakhtar Donetsk.